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Blanket cylinder: Cylinder of a press on which the blanket is mounted.


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Hairline:
A very thin line or gap about the width of a hair or 1/100 inch.
Half web:
Web press whose width and cutoff allow printing eight 8 1/2 x 11 pages on one press sheet.
Halftone:
Converting a continuous tone to dots for printing.
Halftone dots:
Dots that by their varying sizes create the illusion of shading or a continuous-tone image.
Halftone screen:
Piece of film containing a grid of lines that breaks light into dots as it passes through.
Hard bind:
Alternate term for Case bind.
Hard copy:
The output of a computer printer, or typed text sent for typesetting.
Hard cover:
Bound with a case of binder's board.
Head:
Printing on both sides of a sheet where the top of each page is placed at the opposite ends.
Head stops:
Adjustable posts on register unit of a press that properly position leading edge of a sheet.